Need help with cloning

[Jspro]

Hello, there are times when I would like to clone one object from one picture to another. When I have 2 pictures side by side and I want to clone one object to the other pictures the percentages are not the same with each other and the object is out og porportion. How do I get both pictures with the same percentages? As an example maybe there's a fire hydrant and I would like to clone it to the other picture and have it look as a 1 to 1 ratio hope this makes sense. Thanks John

[Joelle]

Hello, there are times when I would like to clone one object from one picture to another. When I have 2 pictures side by side and I want to clone one object to the other pictures the percentages are not the same with each other and the object is out og porportion. How do I get both pictures with the same percentages? As an example maybe there's a fire hydrant and I would like to clone it to the other picture and have it look as a 1 to 1 ratio hope this makes sense. Thanks John

I wouldn't clone it, but select around the object you want to move with the Selection Tool:set to Edge Seeker, Mode: Add, all the others to 0. Hold the Alt key and then click-click-click your way around the object.
That's how I use it
Then copy the selection and paste it as a new layer into the other image = keyboard shortcuts: first Ctrl+C to copy, then Ctrl+L to paste as a new layer.
Use the Pick Tool (K on your keyboard) to resize it, by clicking on a corner node and pushing it inwards (diagonally, to retain the correct shape).
Cloning from one image to another is a pain and requires a lot of clicking backwards and forwards and is rarely accurate.

Joëlle

[gene_mtl]

One thought:
- Select the hydrant and promote to new layer in image one.
- Now Copy that layer and paste as new layer in image 2.
- Resize that layer until scale is where you want it.
- Move hydrant into position.
- If you want you can then merge down, though that is not necessary.

You may need to resize images so that they are the same resolution (pixels per inch/centimeter) at the start. Then again that might not be necessary since you will resize in step 4 above.


Hope that helps.

- Gene